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10 www.DesertMessenger.com February 19, 2020 DUMP THE DRUGS IN QUARTZSITE! Do you have expired or unused medications? DISPOSE SAFELY AT Quartzsite Police Dept. Mon - Fri. 8 am-5 pm Sponsored by QPD Town of Quartzsite, AZ Do you or your organization have recurring or new events planned in Quartzsite for next season? Please consider sharing the dates now, before everyone leaves for the season. QuartzsiteCalendar.com is a FREE service to list your special events, workshops, classes, music jams, bingos, entertainment, pot lucks, picnics, gatherings, fund- raisers, ice cream socials, meet- ings, etc. SUBMIT your events for FREE to- day! www.QuartzsiteCalendar.com Got an event? Read Desert MESSENGER ONLINE @ DesertMessengerOnline.com Saga of an inept ukulele student HOLLYWOOD PETS Pamper your pet in our state-of-the-art fully mobile grooming parlor Mobile Grooming Professionally groomed by Robin Barbour Award winning groomer! 26 years experience! Best Rates in Town! 218-426-5317 NOW OPEN! TYSON RV PARK - 350 W. Main Tonia Craig is now at Cactus Curlers Beauty Salon! Call 928-927-5400 for an appointment or visit the Salon at 735 W. Cowell St., Quartzsite, Az. Tonia is a color specialist and former educator for a large hair color company. Tonia has twenty-eight years experience in the hair care business! DID YOU KNOW? Take a credit on your Arizona State Tax Return – Up to $400 for individuals and $800 for couples! With AZ Charitable Tax Credit, you can donate up to $800 to Friends of the Quartzsite Food Bank and get all of it back in your Arizona tax refund. Your gifts to the Quartzsite Food Bank COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU! The Arizona Charitable Tax Credit is a wonderful opportunity for YOU and FQFB. Help us feed the hungry in Quartzsite. Info at QuartzsiteFoodBank.com or 928-927-5479 By Jackie Deal Since I'm too undisciplined to keep a diary, I've retitled this a "Saga." Now sagas were "Scandina- vian prose stories and histories." I make no claim to being Scandina- vian, I don't even own a ski sweat- er, but I like the sound of the word: saga. (It's pronounced sog not sag.) It sounds sad and miserable, soggy, not saggy. That's how I'm feeling. As I told you last time: "Baby" was returned to the orphanage and "Ubie" took its place. Ubie is a she, not an it: a banjo-ukulele. And she has a very loud voice. Most of the time it's raised in protest at what I'm doing to her. Causing her to groan and moan instead of singing on key. I got brave, or stupid, and decid- ed to join the Ukulele Circle that practices weekly at Gold Star. Oh- hh, what a mistake. I came home demoralized, discouraged and despondent ('nuff with the D's). Those gals, and one guy, are so far beyond me, I shouldn't be allowed to carry their picks. It's not them; it's me. They can actually play!! And it sounds like music! Now just imagine what I'd sound like with a fi ddle. Saw-saw-scritch- scratch- eek-eeek. Never fear, I have no intention of trying a fi ddle, (come to think of it, I had no inten- tions of trying a Ukulele either.) Why do I do these things? Why don't I just rock, knit or read sa- gas? H'mm, one reason might be: I don't have a rocking chair! And I can't knit -now don't suggest I join a knitting circle! Meanwhile, I've had that horrible miserable, wretched fl u/virus/ cough stuff that's going around. Wonder if I caught it from Ubie? She's always sounded sick. On the other hand, maybe I gave it to her. Can you imagine a Ukulele with a barking cough? Maybe that's why she sounds so dispirited and dis- gruntled. Have you read any good sagas lately? Craft Fair 1st Sat. of every month! Daily Activities! QIA 928-927-6325 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite BINGO FRIDAY! Opens at 5pm. Early Birds 6:30pm. Main 7pm. Concessions Available Please don't abuse the free ser- vices at Quartzsite transfer station by dumping garbage outside gates when closed. Open 4 days/week. SUN - WED 7:30am-2:30pm. Be sure to thank the staff, too! Located on the north side of town, near the Waste Water Treatment Plant. Don't dump when transfer is closed We have great lunch menus, serving at 12 noon sharp! Suggested donation is only $3.50. There's cards, books, games, puzzles, Wi-Fi available. Community Services, Volunteers Needed! Come join the fun at Quartzsite SENIOR Center 40 Moon Mountain Ave. For more information call 928-927-6496 Senior Center open all year! Monday - Friday, 9am – 3pm

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